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Nicole Spahl, LPC

  • Experience27 years
  • LocationArizona
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Nicole

Nicole Spahl is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Arizona with 27 years of clinical experience. She draws on a long career helping people navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions.

Background and approach

Her work emphasizes strengthening how clients relate to themselves and others so they can move toward greater resilience and clearer emotional balance. Spahl blends evidence-based strategies with a relationship-centered stance, drawing from attachment-focused methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotion-oriented work.

She frames therapy around each person’s unique needs, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space that encourages exploration and gradual change. Her background includes addressing complex issues such as PTSD, mood disorders, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other concerns.

Clients can expect a collaborative process in which the therapist helps clarify goals, builds practical skills, and fosters deeper self-understanding. She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English, adapting format and pace to match individual circumstances and availability.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Nicole Spahl integrates approaches that blend emotional insight with practical skills. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps clients understand how early bonds shape current interactions and emotional responses, which can be useful for relationship strains and attachment issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) centers on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new, more effective behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and mood difficulties. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) works with feelings and connection in relationships, helping people organize emotions and address attachment ruptures or intense relational distress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. She works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods align best with their goals, preferences, and presenting concerns, adjusting the mix of techniques as therapy progresses to stay responsive to change.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and needs. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care across locations and life demands, allowing licensed professionals to meet clients where they are and adapt session style to practical constraints and personal comfort.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Nicole address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting and relationship struggles, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and self-esteem challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach is relationship-centered and collaborative, combining attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and practical skills drawn from CBT and DBT.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 27 years of experience as a practicing counselor, offering long-term clinical perspective on diverse life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LPC licensed in Arizona with license number AZ LPC LPC-12344 and practices from that state.
Can sessions be scheduled for nonlocal or international clients?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English to accommodate those outside her state.
Which session formats are available?
She offers multiple remote formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesCommunication problemsDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

27+ years

Licensed

Arizona

Languages

English

What Nicole can help with

Nicole Spahl works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and depression.

Nicole works with people of all ages and life circumstances.

How Nicole approaches therapy

Nicole's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Experience and training

Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Arizona.